Updates to the rig as of yesterday. I felt it was a bit plain looking, so went ahead and added the Thermaltake Riing 12 Plus Premium RGB fans and the NZXT Hue+ lighting controller/RGB LED strips. I also did a tonne of cable management to make it a lot neater. Pretty happy with the results so far.

This looks awesome! Love the design too. I must say I wasn't a fan of Win 10 when it first came out but after they fixed it and added a bunch of stuff I got it before it became a paid version and am loving it.

Cool beans

Looking at your list reminds me I need to buy more RAM. I've only got 4 GB at the moment

These cases are amazing. My buddy has one and fits a 1070 in it, and every other component needed. You have no excuse anymore!

Aye I got a silverstone sugo sg13, fits in me backpack n everything. Rocking a watercooled (single 120mm radiator tho) i7-6700k and a gigabyte gtx 1070 mini variant. It gets a bit toasty but I'll be doing a casemod to install a slim profile 140mm fan to the side as an extra exhaust.

Whole case fits in my backpack so it doesn't take room at all pretty much.

Y'all got great rigs and I'm just like "My house is too small for a rig rip me"

To add to Adam's post, there are miniature GPUs which are just as powerful (I think the Zotac GTX 1080 mini is slightly more powerful than a regular 1080?) as the big ones ^^ All I ever hear is praise for the 1060 mini. Look at how itty bitty it is!!

Spoiler

When I build my rig down the road I'm tempted to make a mini-ITX build.... The biggest issues I've heard surrounding those sorta builds in the past is that they can be super noisy, but apparently its not as bad anymore? So that's pretty cool!! I'm just hoping someone makes a tiny RX480/580 during a time when I have money since that's the one I would want

To add to Adam's post, there are miniature GPUs which are just as powerful (I think the Zotac GTX 1080 mini is slightly more powerful than a regular 1080?) as the big ones ^^ All I ever hear is praise for the 1060 mini. Look at how itty bitty it is!!

Spoiler

When I build my rig down the road I'm tempted to make a mini-ITX build.... The biggest issues I've heard surrounding those sorta builds in the past is that they can be super noisy, but apparently its not as bad anymore? So that's pretty cool!! I'm just hoping someone makes a tiny RX480/580 during a time when I have money since that's the one I would want

Tbh there's a lot of ITX cases that can fit a full size gpu in them. I used to rock a Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX 480 in my sg13 and it bearly fit (only because the power connector was on the end of the gpu instead on top of the gpu) before my gtx 1070. And there's always the option of undervolting components to reduce the power draw but your mileage may vary based on the silicon lottery you pull with your chips. Less volts = less power draw = less heat output = less fan noise (with the appropriate fan curve e.g. start rotating X rotations per minute when hitting Y degrees, etc.)

holy shit, I did not even notice the 1TB SSD... thats sweet. I bet that set you back a dime

Yeah it wasn't cheap, but then again, I was fortunate enough to have some $ to spend on whatever I wanted so yeah. Cost me a tad over $3K AUD for everything on that list at the time (back in December last year, prices have fallen considerably for the same components since then, with the exception of the GPU, due to cryptominers).

Woah, very nice rig!

Really impressed by the 1TB SSD. I always have a HDD and SSD in mine too, but I always cheap out on the SSD size a bit.

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It certainly helped having the larger storage space, but I only really use it for a select few games/programs that I use constantly. All other storage goes onto the HDD and portable HDD's attached to the system. The OS is the only thing that runs off the NVMe drive for quick start up. System boots up and logs into windows in about 10 seconds.

That is sexy as fffffuuuuuuuuuck.

I know, right? The past couple of days I have found myself mesmerised by the bloody lights, just sitting there playing with the various modes haha

It's preeeety 8D

I'm no expert on computer builds, but it looks like you've got a good system.

Thanks Yeah I am beyond stoked with the way it's turned out and performs.

This looks awesome! Love the design too. I must say I wasn't a fan of Win 10 when it first came out but after they fixed it and added a bunch of stuff I got it before it became a paid version and am loving it.

Cool beans

Looking at your list reminds me I need to buy more RAM. I've only got 4 GB at the moment

I am considering 'upgrading' my RAM to the G.Skill Trident RGB 32GB option they provide, but I cannot justify spending almost $400AUD on what is essentially only more RGB lights.....

Aye I got a silverstone sugo sg13, fits in me backpack n everything. Rocking a watercooled (single 120mm radiator tho) i7-6700k and a gigabyte gtx 1070 mini variant. It gets a bit toasty but I'll be doing a casemod to install a slim profile 140mm fan to the side as an extra exhaust.

Whole case fits in my backpack so it doesn't take room at all pretty much.

^This

I considered building a small form-factor system for portability eventually, as I enjoy being able to drink/game with mates regularly, so being able to have a portable option would be cool. Not a necessity for me right now, but a decent option nonetheless.

Righto, so, today was a great day. I managed to pretty much complete my setup in it's current form and be 100% happy with what I managed to produce. Let me know what you think. Later on down the track when I have some more spare coin, I will be splashing out and getting the new Thermaltake View 71 Tempered Glass tower to house the PC and update the look a little better to match the desk setup.